RELIGION: Buddhism; mix of Theravada Buddhism, Hinduism, and animism; Islam 1 • INTRODUCTION The forerunners of today's Thais gradually moved from what is now southern China into the area of the Mekong and Chao Phraya river basins. They overcame Mon and Khmer peoples, and later intermingl...
Cambodian has borrowed extensively from the administrative, military, and literary vocabulary of Sanskrit (the ancient language of India and of Hinduism). Theravada Buddhism brought additional Pali (an Indic language) words. In addition, Cambodians have borrowed words from Thai, French, Chinese, and ...
A region of India, Bengal (where Calcutta is located), also takes its name from the Bang. In the thirteenth century AD , Bangladeshis began converting from Hinduism to Islam. Bangladeshi Muslims (followers of Islam) spoke the Bengali language and displayed a deep commitment to Bengali culture...